Unit+2

Rural Settings in North America: "It Happened in the Country"

Essential Question: What does the rural setting contribute to these stories?

Objectives:
 * Compare and contrast story characters, plots, themes, and settings in stories about rural North America.
 * Evaluate the structure of various texts and discuss the effect of structure on their meaning.
 * Write an argument, supported by clear reasons and evidence, about a memorable portrayal of rural North America.
 * Recognize nuances in meaning among similar words.

Texts:

Terminolgy:
 * Genre
 * Explicit textual evidence
 * Implicit textual evidence
 * Setting
 * Text structures
 * Travelogue